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9:14 pm
December 12, 2010
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I have been using some sucker rod for making tools. I made some slit and drift tools and found the slitting tool not as hard as I would have liked. I did harden and temper them to the best of my knowledge, limited, and wondered if also case hardening the business end of them would help? I do have some Kasenit that I have used for a smooch-o-matic that works well and the kasenit seemed to help. I understand that better steel would help, but this is what I have and want to work with it.
9:28 pm
November 8, 2010
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Any idea what alloy they are composed of and would you mind describing your hardening/tempering procedure? 🙂
Jim
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10:28 pm
March 18, 2010
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The Kasenit "could" help. As you're working with a rather low-alloy steel, you'll still need to cool the tool much more often than if you were using a real hot-work steel. It's still much better steel than blacksmiths had for thousands of years.
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11:28 pm
December 12, 2010
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Jim: As Grant has mentioned, sucker rod is a mild, low alloy steel. They come from water wells, oil wells, etc and can vary in the type and condition of steel. I usually anneal the steel, heat treat it, quenching in water and tempering to a straw color. My idea was that the Kasenit seem to really help harden the metal in my smooch-o-matic and it has kept it's shape through a lot of hard use. So, I thought it would help with the other tools. I'm aware that the metal in the smooch-o-matic is not sucker rod, but I noticed the the untreated end of the smooch-o-matic, the hammer end, was mushrooming out quite a bit. So, I don't think it was a tool steel. No change in shape on the treated end. It won't hurt treating the tools.
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